G1000®Nxi FLIGHT DECK UPGRADE
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G1000® NXi FLIGHT DECK UPGRADE NEW LIFE FOR YOUR BEECHCRAFT KING AIR i AVIONICS FOR NX THE NEXT GENERATION The Beechcraft King Air family of twin turboprops has long set the standard for travel comfort in business aviation. King Air owners love their aircraft. But many of them also face issues with aging mechanical instruments and outdated avionics. That’s why Garmin created and certified the original G1000® glass flight deck upgrade package. It quickly became the industry’s most popular and trusted King Air retrofit solution. Now, this Garmin glass suite technology gets even better with next-generation G1000® NXi. UPGRADING YOUR UPGRADE This newer system’s dual-core processing power, enhanced features and growth-oriented technology combine to help boost your King Air’s overall performance, useful load, NextGen readiness and, ultimately, its Available through a growing network of authorized installation panning and map rendering – but also serve to power up the market value at resale time. Meanwhile, predictable flat rates for repairs centers, our G1000 NXi flight deck upgrade offers the latest in system rapidly so there’s no waiting to access your avionics help keep your cost of ownership low – and your confidence level high. safety and pilot awareness features – as well as built-in growth on startup. Better still, since G1000 NXi integrates so many Backed by our No. 1-ranked Garmin product support team, G1000 NXi capability for others yet to come. The displays are brighter components – and eliminates so much extra wiring – it is today’s clear-as-glass choice for giving your aircraft a fresh new lease and crisper, with improved dimming performance enabled typically comes in at a weight that’s lower (by approximately on life. No other upgrade comes close – for anything close to the price. by the most modern LED lighting technology. Significant 250 lbs.) than the old-style avionics it’s replacing. More fuel? processor and memory storage upgrades not only boost the More luggage? An extra passenger? The weight savings can system’s graphical display capability with faster zooming, translate into real operational advantages for your King Air. G1000 A PERFECT FIT SVT™ SYNTHETIC VISION FOR YOUR KING AIR Your King Air’s G1000 NXi layout will feature a large 15” multifunction display (MFD) in the center of the panel, flanked by 10.4” primary flight displays (PFDs) at the pilot and co-pilot positions. On the central MFD, you’ll find essential engine and fuel systems data displayed along with detailed moving-map graphics showing the aircraft’s current position in relation to ground features, chart data, navaids, flight plan routings This optional Garmin technology aids situational awareness for pilots by providing and more. a 3-D view of terrain data, obstacles, airports and more on the flight display. Likewise, on the pilot and co-pilot PFDs, a graphical 3-axis flight display incorporates aircraft attitude, airspeed, climb rate, altimeter and horizontal course/heading information – as well TARGETTREND™ TRAFFIC ALERTING as flight director command bar cues and mode information – when teamed with our GFC 700 automatic flight control system (AFCS). Configured to meet global NextGen airspace For King Air owners and pilots familiar with existing G1000® glass technology and features, the new modernization initiatives, your King Air’s G1000 NXi HIGHER TECHNOLOGY ON DISPLAY G1000® NXi package offers even more ways to enhance cockpit safety, efficiency and operational capability. package provides an integrated, rule-compliant ES transponder for ADS-B “Out” data transmission. Upgrade options such as SurfaceWatch™ runway identification/alerting technology and Connext® wireless It also offers standard ADS-B “In” capability to cockpit connectivity are now available. Plus, other system highlights include a map overlay on the support weather and advanced traffic displays, HSI display, animated NEXRAD datalink weather, autopilot-coupled 3-degree Visual Approaches and including TargetTrend and TerminalTraffic. much more. What’s more, optional SVT synthetic vision technology enables a “virtual reality” landscape to be computer generated on the PFDs – with To enhance flight safety, TargetTrend relative motion technology offers pilot a simulations of terrain, obstacles, airports, flight faster, more intuitive way to judge the direction and closure rate of traffic targets plan routes, weather overlays, traffic and more. in relation to the aircraft’s position. In essence, it’s like having a clear-day “out-the- window” view of your flight situation, even in solid IFR or nighttime VFR conditions. ELECTRONIC FLIGHT CHARTS SURFACEWATCH IDENTIFICATION/ALERTING HSI MAPPING OVERLAY COUPLED VISUAL APPROACHES Adding to the array of Terminal Safety Solutions that Graphical mapping capabilities within the PFD’s The all-digital GFC™ 700 system adds autopilot- include SafeTaxi® diagrams and TerminalTraffic™ HSI put an MFD-like perspective map view – with coupled 3-degree Visual Approach capability to its surveillance, SurfaceWatch provides pilots with terrain, obstacles, airports, flight plan routes, WAAS GPS-guided vertical repertoire. Pilots can visual and aural alerts that warn if the aircraft is weather imagery and more – right in the pilot’s set customized minimums and maintain a stable, Georeferenced FliteCharts® come preloaded on G1000 NXi, enabling the pilot to see about to take off or land on a taxiway, an incorrect primary field of vision. precise flight path to the runway threshold in the aircraft’s position on approach procedures and airport diagrams. Choose standard runway or a runway that is too short. non-IFR conditions. Garmin FliteCharts or optional Jeppesen®-format ChartView™ electronic charts. Exclusive Connext® cockpit connectivity via the optional Flight Stream 510 wireless gateway lets you HIGH-LEVEL COCKPIT CONNECTIVITY stream information in real time between your King Air’s avionics and compatible mobile devices running our Garmin Pilot™ app. This combination turns your tablet or smartphone into a true cockpit interface – supporting Database Concierge wireless database transfer plus flight plan transfer and continual streaming of SiriusXM® weather, traffic, attitude information and more to your compatible mobile display. Add a subscription to SiriusXM audio entertainment, and you can use your mobile device to wirelessly access and control more than 130 channels of audio entertainment from any seat on the aircraft. GET THE WEATHER WHEREVER G1000® NXi also supports a variety of satellite datalink options to provide link receiver can also bring seamless on-demand worldwide weather up-to-the-minute weather information – with animated NEXRAD imagery, information to your cockpit for international operations. Adding tactical current airport conditions, forecasts, flight restrictions, precipitation, weather avoidance capability to the mix, the standard GWX™ 70 Doppler- lightning, winds and more. Both the U.S. – sourced ADS-B network and capable radar puts a wealth of onboard scanning technology at your SiriusXM satellite weather services can be accessed from your system fingertips. Its full-color storm cell imagery can be overlaid on your MFD’s (SiriusXM subscription required). Plus, an optional Garmin Connext satellite moving map – as well as on your PFD’s HSI map display. SATELLITE DATALINK WEATHER ONBOARD DIGITAL WEATHER RADAR TERRAIN AWARENESS Weather datalink capability, via a Sirius XM GWX 70 digital Doppler-capable color radar comes “Forward looking” terrain avoidance capability with satellite receiver, provides color NEXRAD standard with the King Air G1000 NXi suite. This standard Class B (or optional Class A) Terrain imagery, METARs, TAFs, TFRs, surface fully stabilized radar combines excellent range, Awareness and Warning System (TAWS) is precipitation, lightning, storm cell data and target definition and adjustable scanning profiles provided with your G1000 NXi upgrade – providing other data displays that can be received and with such optional capabilities as turbulence an extra margin of protection against potential displayed anywhere in the U.S., regardless of detection and ground clutter suppression. terrain/obstacle flight hazards. altitude. (Subscription required.) With its ultra-smooth 3-axis servo control ADVANCED AUTOPILOT inputs, the standard GFC™ 700 all-digital ™ WITH GARMIN ESP flight control system provides your King Air’s G1000 NXi package with a superior level of integration and response. The list of capabilities is unprecedented in this class of autopilot and includes the following: airspeed holds, VNAV WHAT’S INCLUDED IN profiles, coupled holding patterns, coupled go- 1 ® arounds , procedure turns and many others. THE G1000 NXi RETROFIT Pilots will appreciate the positive, consistent response afforded by airspeed-scheduled trim – as well as the silky smooth roundouts and vertical FOR YOUR KING AIR: intercepts that the system’s advanced software modeling provides on climbs and descents. • LCD flight displays – dual 10” PFDs; large 15” MFD Another safety-enhancing option available with the King Air G1000 NXi upgrade is our Electronic • Dual integrated radio modules, providing WAAS-certified GPS; Stability and Protection (ESP) system2. It helps VHF navigation with ILS; and VHF communication with 16-watt prevent excursions beyond the normal flight transceivers and 25 kHz or 8.33 kHz channel spacing envelope by applying a gentle corrective force to • Dual Mode S, ADS-B “Out” compliant transponders with Extended Squitter the